Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-03-02
Jhe Aurkuille &nqnirer.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1887.
SATURDAYS STORM.
YORKvILLE. s. C.,o

The storm which appeared so threaten
ing at Yorkville on Saturday afternoon evil
IDENTIFY spent its fury in Georgia as the fol-
lowing special dispatch from Eatonton, to
the Augusta Chronicle shows:
One of the most destructive cyclones that
has visited Eatonton in several years, struck
the edge of this place this evening about
4.30 o'clock 1t came from a southWesterly
direction, moving to the northeast and pass
ed directly over the city, but in the air.
AS far as can be learned of the damage done
in and around the city it is about as fol-
lows Col. B. F. Adams residence was very
badly damaged and the family barely es-
capped with their lives. His loss is very
heavy. Willis Marshal, an old and respect
ed colored blacksmith, was killed in his
shop by timbers falling on him, crushing
his skull and killing him instantly. The
male academy was lifted from its fOunda-
tions and ruined. Fortunately there was
no one in it. Nearly twenty houses in
western and northern Eatonton suffered
the same path as the one Of 'S4. 1t is i'm
possible to estimate yet the amount Of dam
age done, but it is very great.
Richard Trippe, colored, on John Wright's
plantation had an arm dislocated by fall
ing timber. Beverly Harris was severely
injured. A large piece of timber from Col.
Adams house, was blown through J. c..
Aliens residence. There is slight damage
in the northern part of the town. Fencing
and shade trees are totally destroyed.
Nearly all the property that was damaged
in the storm of 1884 was again damaged by
the storm last Saturday.
After the cyclone of 1884 spread so much
destruction, insurance agents representing
various companies circulated at Eatonton
and interested several of the citizens in the
advisability of carrying cyclone insurance
on their property. Several gentlemen,
scared at the time, took out these policies,
and much of the wrecked property have the
losses fully covered.
The dispatch continues: Negroes are COM
ing in from the country telling of terrible
destruction and complete decentralization by
the cyclone. They report narrow path in
which the work of the wind was disastrous.
From their wild sayings nothing authentic
can be cleaned, but they report that far
mer was killed about six miles from Eaton
ton. It seems that the blizzard had zig
gag, up and down movement, touching the
ground for two or three hundred yards,
then rising notwithstanding to the earth
and again rising.
Immediately after the visit, the scene at
Eatonton was fearful to contemplate. The
cyclone came unheralded, save bya high
wind and threatening clouds, and its work
was quick. Flying timbers, clouds of leaves,
etc., filled the air, which, added to shrieks
of terrified and injured ones, created state
of affairs terrible indeed.
A later dispatch to the Chronicle says that
only one fatality, so far as known, occcured,
that of Willis Marshall, negro blacksmith.
The storm originated about three miles
west of Eatonton. The path of the cyclone
was very narrow, being about fifty or sew
enty-five yards. Very little rain accom-
panied it.
In this State the storm was quite severe
at Spartanburg and at Woodruff in Spar
tanburg county, though no damage was
done at either place.